Chinese symbol for “printed”
纸质
zhǐ zhì
Traditional: 紙質
(attributive) paper; hard-copy; printed; paper quality
The closest CC-CEDICT match for printed is 纸质 (zhǐ zhì), defined as: (attributive) paper; hard-copy; printed; paper quality.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 纸质.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 报纸 (報紙) | bào zhǐ | newspaper; newsprint |
| 纸币 (紙幣) | zhǐ bì | bank notes; paper currency |
| 图纸 (圖紙) | tú zhǐ | blueprint; drawing |
| 纸张 (紙張) | zhǐ zhāng | paper |
| 纸条 (紙條) | zhǐ tiáo | slip of paper |
| 造纸 (造紙) | zào zhǐ | papermaking |
| 质量 (質量) | zhì liàng | (physics) mass; quality (i.e. degree of excellence) |
| 物质 (物質) | wù zhì | matter; substance |
See also: Japanese symbol for “printed”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.